Benefit dependency ratios
Subtitle: an analysis of nine European countries, Japan and the US : final report
By: M. Arents, M.M. Cluitmans, and M.A. van der Ende
Contributors: Cluitmans, M. M. (Muriel M.); Ende, M. A. van der (Martin A.); Netherlands. Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
Publisher: Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
Published: 2000
Place of publication: 's-Gravenhage
Language: eng
Subjects: Social Security; Statistics; Social security; Social security beneficiaries; Dependents
Notes: Research by Labour and Education Division under commission of the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Benefit dependency ratios: An introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Purpose of the report 2 1.3 Structure of the report 3 2 Benefit dependency ratio: concepts and calculation 5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 Four benefit dependency ratio settings 5 2.3 Benefit years 7 2.3.1 Which benefit schemes are included? 7 2.3.2 Main data restrictions and assumptions 8 2.4 Labour years 12 3 Employment and benefit dependency 13 3.1 Introduction 13 3.2 The development of employment and benefit dependency 13 3.3 Benefit dependency decomposed 15 3.3.1 Benefit years by category 15 3.3.2 Partial benefit dependency ratio's 20 4 Benefit dependency ratios compared 25 4.1 Introduction 25 4.2 The General Benefit Dependency Ratio 25 4.3 The Working Age Benefit Dependency Ratio 27 4.4 The Labour Attachment Benefit Dependency Ratio 29 4.5 The National Working Age Benefit Dependency Ratio 31 5 The population between 15 and 65 years of age 37 Annex A Benefit Dependency Ratios a. 1 Annex B Distribution of working age population b. 1 Annex C 1 The Social Security System in Austria cl. 1 2 The Social Security System in Belgium c2.1 3 The Social Security System in Denmark c3.1 4 The Social Security System in France c4.1 5 The Social Security System in Germany c5.1 6 The Social Security System in Great Britain c6.1 7 The Social Security System in Japan c7.1 8 The Social Security System in the Netherlands c8.1 9 The Social Security System in Spain c9.1 10 The Social Security System in Sweden c10.1 11 The Social Security System in United States c11.1.